Direct flights from Boston (BOS) to Rochester (ROC): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 172 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 2 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 551 km, an estimated 1 hour 12 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Boston and Rochester. Updated 19 October 2026 at 23:35 UTC.
Left BOS at 12:12, 172 min after its 09:20 slot.
Landing estimate from 21,127 tracked flights of under 2 hours that left 120 min or more late. The ROC board has not posted a landing time yet. How planes make up time
Track AA4698 →Checked BOS board 19:35 · ROC board 19:23
route health from live BOS and ROC delay boards
Median arrival delay is +172 min. 0 of 2 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Current conditions put the pressure at BOS: 44% odds of a 15+ minute delay, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
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Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop BOS to ROC flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
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Pro Flight Search — Boston (BOS) to Rochester (ROC) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
Operators schedule morning departures around 09:20 and evening departures around 21:15 from BOS. Earlier flights typically land before destination-airport delays accumulate later in the day; check the ROC delay card to confirm conditions when you'd arrive.
Great-circle distance is 551 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 69–77 min gate-to-gate on this route.
American Airlines runs the route with about 20 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
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